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| Clerk, Above Derwent | ||
| site name:- | Barf | |
| civil parish:- | Above Derwent (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | gravestone | |
| coordinates:- | NY21892636 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY2126 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY22 | |
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| story:- |
The story is that the Bishop of Derry rode his pack pony up the Barf to demonstrate
his faith, or for a wager, 1783. They fell, at the place marked by The Bishop of Barf,
and both were killed. The bishop was buried on the mountain side at the scree called
The Clerk. |
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| see:- |  Bishop of Barf, Above Derwent |
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